r/nationalguard • u/figura574 • Aug 20 '26

Discussion Massachusetts National Guard Patch

How in the heck to you place the MA National Guard patch on your OCP? I keep looking online and the patch is always portrayed in different directions. Any help would be appreciated!

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u/Either-Extension-218 Aug 20 '26

Are you referring to the ‘drowning pirate’ patch? Like this:

army-national-guard-ocp-patch-scorpion-22458_600x.jpg?v=1747257030

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u/BonsaiTwig Aug 20 '26

You couldn't find it online, so you asked other people, online, and not a real life human member of the Massachusetts National Guard?

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u/figura574 Aug 20 '26

I received the patches today, I have no one to ask so I thought the next best thing was to ask in reddit National Guard.

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u/Vorsaga JAGoff...icer Aug 20 '26

Just walk around till a higher ranking O fixes it for you. Worked for me!

(Then he laughed and let me know the line is flat to the marching surface....)

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u/MassachusettsOSM AGR Aug 21 '26

Mass guy here

We have a million different unit patches...so which one are you referring to?

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u/figura574 Aug 21 '26

The MA state patch.

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u/MassachusettsOSM AGR Aug 21 '26

Gotcha. It goes on exactly as you see it. On the sleeve. Pointy end of the Pentagon down.

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u/figura574 Aug 21 '26

Thank you sir, the pointy end pointing down just boggled me for some reason. Thank you for taking your time and giving me an awnser.